Derek Rielly
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Derek Rielly: Ten things that don’t happen anymore
As ridiculous as staring into a telephone all day is, most of us have forgotten what life was like before the smart phone. → Read More
Derek Rielly: Ten steps to making Perth the greatest city on earth
Perth is a city with more geographical gifts than most and yet it punches way under its weight division. How can this pretty, but also pretty dull outpost, become a world-class city? → Read More
Derek Rielly: the 10 unmistakable signs you're a phone zombie
Lost your ability to be embarrassed? Obsessed with "Likes" and "Followers"? Swiping Tinder while on a date? Overly excited by Apple news? Yep, you're officially a zombie... → Read More
What happened to Australia's great surf brands?
And here we are, as another sparkling Australian icon falls into the hands of an American buzzard. → Read More
The motorbike Robbie Maddison used to ride world's most dangerous wave, Teahupoo
Last night, the Australian stuntman revealed the customised bike he used to stun the world. → Read More
Derek Rielly: Mick Fanning's shark shock and why I will never surf in WA again
Derek Rielly was born and raised surfing the WA coastline. But he's made a vow - now re-affirmed - to never again surf in our waters. → Read More
Derek Rielly: what makes for a good (or a bad) wedding
Before you know it, you've employed a dove handler to release her precious birds as soon as the marriage vows are complete. You've spent a thousand bucks on a cake that looks like something your grandparents would have commissioned back in the sixties. Disposable cameras. Photo booths. Cliche piled upon cliche. → Read More
Derek Rielly: Does sparing the rod spoil the child? Is smacking acceptable
Here's a question that might unnerve a little, at least if you're the honest type. → Read More
The 'not especially high' income of $185,000 and the business of class envy
Is Tony Abbott really that out of touch? Or is Abbott particularly in touch? → Read More
Derek Rielly: The day you stop listening to new music
At a party, you don't want a DJ to break out new tunes. You want the familiar, the warm. You want to know the words. → Read More
'Wait a minute': How your phone is ruining your relationship with your kids
Our phones have changed, dramatically, instantly, the way we interact with our kids. That is, if we interact at all, writes Derek Rielly. → Read More
Kelly Slater retires...sort of...but what happens to surfing when he goes?
A few hours ago, the 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater announced his retirement to his one million followers on Instagram. → Read More
Jamie Mitchell: the greatest Australian sportsman you haven't heard of
Jamie Mitchell is the greatest unknown champion the sporting world has known - and so says Kelly Slater. → Read More
Derek Rielly: private or state schooling, a parental dilemma
I had a choice of going to a private school at Aquinas or a state school at Rossmoyne. I chose the latter but I can't consider doing the same for my own kids. → Read More
When Terrorism Changes Everything
Just last week, my two boys, ages seven and 10, were instructed in the art of surviving a terrorist attack on their school. → Read More
The top 10 situations that send me over the edge
Stress can cause cancer. In that case, here are 10 petty situations that have me in trouble, writes Derek Rielly. → Read More
The new Public Enemy Number One
How he became my sometime friend, I can't say. He is a famous and much-loved comedian of almost middle age and, me, I'm an occasional columnist and procrastinator par excellence. → Read More
Cobain is my Monroe: Jesse Frohman's Last Session with Nirvana
Every photographer of celebrity longs for their Burt Stern moment. An intimate photo shoot with a soon-to-be-evaporated-from-this-mortal-coil superstar. → Read More
Derek Rielly: is therapy just a really expensive best friend?
Yesterday I ran into a scientist pal of mine at the beach. I like this guy a lot because there's never the circular small talk that makes so many on-the-street yaps so pointless. He was more excited than usual because he had a paper on weight loss that was about to be published in a major scientific journal. → Read More
Derek Rielly: why I will never go to any high school reunion
I didn't go because nostalgia makes my mouth pool with sick. All those worn-out songs, the beautiful boys and girls now grey and roughly spherical, and all dreaming of a time that was supposedly better. → Read More